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Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002 (ICPSR 2896)

Principal Investigator(s):
Haines, Michael R., Colgate University;
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Summary:

This data collection contains detailed county and
state-level ecological and descriptive data for the United States for
the years 1790 to 2002. Parts 1-43 are an update to HISTORICAL,
DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL DATA: THE UNITED STATES, 1790-1970
(ICPSR 0003). Parts 1-41 contain data from the 1790-1970 censuses.
They include extensive information about the social and political
character of the United States, including a breakdown of population by
state, race, nationality, number of families, size of the family,
births, deaths, marriages, occupation, religion, and general economic
condition. Parts 42 and 43 contain data from the 1840 and 1870
Censuses of Manufacturing, respectively. These files include
information about the number of persons employed in various industries
and the quantities of different types of manufactured products. Parts
44-50 provide county-level data from the United States Census of
Agriculture for 1840 to 1900. They also include the state and national
totals for the variables. The files provide data about the number,
types, and prices of various agricultural products. Parts 51-57
contain data on religious bodies and church membership for 1906, 1916,
1926, 1936, and 1952, respectively. Parts 58-69 consist of data from
the CITY DATA BOOKS for 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1972,
1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, and 2000, respectively. These files contain
information about population, climate, housing units, hotels, birth
and death rates, school enrollment and education expenditures,
employment in various industries, and city government finances. Parts
70-81 consist of data from the COUNTY DATA BOOKS for 1947, 1949, 1952,
1956, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, and 2000,
respectively. These files include information about population,
employment, housing, agriculture, manufacturing, retail, services,
trade, banking, Social Security, local governments, school enrollment,
hospitals, crime, and income. Parts 82-84 contain data from USA
COUNTIES 1998. Due to the large number of variables from this source,
the data were divided into into three separate data files. Data
include information on population, vital statistics, school
enrollment, educational attainment, Social Security, labor force,
personal income, poverty, housing, trade, farms, ancestry, commercial
banks, and transfer payments. Parts 85-106 provide data from the United States Census of Agriculture for 1910 to 2002. They provide data about the amount, types, and prices of various agricultural products. Also, these datasets contain extensive information on the amount, expenses, sales, values, and production of farms and machinery.

This data collection contains detailed county and
state-level ecological and descriptive data for the United States for
the years 1790 to 2002. Parts 1-43 are an update to HISTORICAL,
DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL DATA: THE UNITED STATES, 1790-1970
(ICPSR 0003). Parts 1-41 contain data from the 1790-1970 censuses.
They include extensive information about the social and political
character of the United States, including a breakdown of population by
state, race, nationality, number of families, size of the family,
births, deaths, marriages, occupation, religion, and general economic
condition. Parts 42 and 43 contain data from the 1840 and 1870
Censuses of Manufacturing, respectively. These files include
information about the number of persons employed in various industries
and the quantities of different types of manufactured products. Parts
44-50 provide county-level data from the United States Census of
Agriculture for 1840 to 1900. They also include the state and national
totals for the variables. The files provide data about the number,
types, and prices of various agricultural products. Parts 51-57
contain data on religious bodies and church membership for 1906, 1916,
1926, 1936, and 1952, respectively. Parts 58-69 consist of data from
the CITY DATA BOOKS for 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1972,
1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, and 2000, respectively. These files contain
information about population, climate, housing units, hotels, birth
and death rates, school enrollment and education expenditures,
employment in various industries, and city government finances. Parts
70-81 consist of data from the COUNTY DATA BOOKS for 1947, 1949, 1952,
1956, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, and 2000,
respectively. These files include information about population,
employment, housing, agriculture, manufacturing, retail, services,
trade, banking, Social Security, local governments, school enrollment,
hospitals, crime, and income. Parts 82-84 contain data from USA
COUNTIES 1998. Due to the large number of variables from this source,
the data were divided into into three separate data files. Data
include information on population, vital statistics, school
enrollment, educational attainment, Social Security, labor force,
personal income, poverty, housing, trade, farms, ancestry, commercial
banks, and transfer payments. Parts 85-106 provide data from the United States Census of Agriculture for 1910 to 2002. They provide data about the amount, types, and prices of various agricultural products. Also, these datasets contain extensive information on the amount, expenses, sales, values, and production of farms and machinery.

Study Description

Citation

Haines, Michael R., and Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2002. ICPSR02896-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-05-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02896.v3

The augmented and corrected version of
HISTORICAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL DATA: THE UNITED STATES,
1790-1970 (ICPSR 0003)differed from the original version of ICPSR 0003 in
several respects: (a) Data were checked to ensure that county totals
added up to states and that states added up to the country total. (b)
This collection includes all missing territories and the District of
Columbia, and the national totals were added in, including Alaska and
Hawaii, when the data were available. The original dataset did not
include the District of Columbia, some territories at some dates, and
the national totals. (c) New variables were added. One example is the
information on housing from the censuses of 1890 to 1920. An entire
new dataset from the United States Census of 1930 on "Families" was
added (Part 30). (d) Some regular extra variables were added,
including the county and state FIPS codes, codes for census region,
and a variable "level" (1 = county, 2 = state, 3 = USA) to allow for
selection. Most of the published county data on population and housing
were included up to the early 20th century. Some data on manufacturing
and agriculture are also present. (e) Some new variables have been
created. Most notably, the urban population of each county in the
United States has been calculated from the original Census Bureau
worksheets for the period 1790 to 1930. When urban areas cut across
county boundaries, the population was allocated according to the
census data. (f) Some new variables have simply been calculated from
the existing data, such as total population and total population by
age and sex (when not presented).

For Parts 44-50 most of the
basic crop output data apply to the previous harvest year. Since the
censuses were taken in June, this means the data refer to 1839, 1849,
1859, 1869, 1879, 1889, and 1899. Only after 1880 was a distinction
made as to time period in the published data. The stock variables,
such as value of farms, numbers of livestock, and acreage, apply to
the time of the census.

For Parts 44-50 the principal investigator
made several adjustments to the data files. (a) Data were checked to
ensure that county totals added up to the states and that states added
up to the country total whenever counts were involved. (b) Some
regular extra variables were added, including the county and state
FIPS codes, codes for census region, and a variable "level" (1 =
county 2 = state 3 = USA) to allow for selection. (c) For 1840-1860,
some additional variables were created. These involved the inclusion
of prices (by state) for various commodities, the multiplication of
the physical quantities by those prices to obtain value of output of
those commodities, and the summing of various values to obtain
different measures of the value of agricultural output. This was not
done for 1870 and subsequent censuses.

For Parts 44-50 much of the
basic information for 1840-1860 and 1880 was furnished by Lee A. Craig
(North Carolina State University, Department of Economics) and Thomas
Weiss (University of Kansas, Department of Economics). The price and
output data for 1840-1860 were calculated by Lee Craig. Some variables
were taken from ICPSR 0003. The data in this collection were compiled
and corrected by Michael R. Haines (Colgate University, Department of
Economics).

Parts 82-84 contain data from USA COUNTIES 1998. Due
to the large number of variables from this source, the data were
divided into three separate data files. The three parts can be merged
into one large data file.

Part 7, 1850 Census (County and State); Parts 58-69, CITY DATA BOOKS; and Part 85, United States Census of Agriculture, in the previous version have been replaced with an updated version.

Parts 86-106 (all of which are derived from Censuses of Agriculture 1920-2002) have been added to the data collection.

This collection has been updated to now include SAS, PASW (SPSS), and Stata setup and ready-to-go files for all 106 parts.

Variable labels for many variables in Parts 44-50, 85-97, 99-104, and 106 are truncated; please refer to the "Variable List for Parts 44-50, 85-97, 99-104, and 106 (Provided by the Data Producer)" section of the ICPSR codebook for the full version of the variable labels. For the other parts, variable labels for some variables are truncated; however, there is no documentation available for the full version of the variable labels.

Parts 98 and 105 do not have documentation available in the "Data Sources" section of the codebook.

Methodology

Weight:
none

Data Source:

United States Bureau of Census, and United States Department of Agriculture. For further information on data sources, please refer to the "Data Sources" section of the ICPSR codebook.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 2005-02-25

Version History:

2010-05-21 Parts 7, 58 through 69, and 85 have been replaced with the updated version of the datasets. Parts 86 through 106 have been added to this version of the data collection. Also, SAS, PASW (SPSS), and Stata setup and ready-to-go files were produced for Parts 1-106.

2006-03-30 File CB2896.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

2005-04-29 These data are currently available as
Stata system files. Technical issues were discovered with the files
released with the previous version of this study. Also, Part 85, 1910
Census of Agriculture (County and State) has been added to this
version.